Description
iText v7.1.17, up to (exluding)": 7.1.18 and 7.2.2 was discovered to contain an out-of-memory error via the component readStreamBytesRaw, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78
https://github.com/itext/itext7/pull/78#issuecomment-1089279222
https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.18
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